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Innovating urban co-living: a strategy to address housing affordability and social isolation boommate as a customer-centric approach to bridge the gap in comprehensive, socially impactful solutions to the urban housing crisis
| authorProfile.email | leahueck@gmx.de | |
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Duarte, Miguel Muñoz | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jacinto, Maria João | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hueck, Lea Sikele | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-24T09:47:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-24T09:47:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-01-13 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2025-01-13 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores urban isolation and rising housing costs by examining the potential of co living. "Boommate" is a digital platform designed to connect individuals and enable co-living through affordability, compatibility, and stability. Developed using Lean Startup and Design Thinking methodologies, the project emphasizes product design, verified profiles, and tools fostering trust and community. Early-stage validation demonstrated strong market interest, confirming its potential to solve real-world challenges. By combining research with entrepreneurial innovation, this thesis highlights co-living’s potential to enhance quality of life and offers scalable solutions for underserved demographics, particularly Baby Boomers. | eng |
| dc.identifier.tid | 204133254 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/201772 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation | UID/ECO/00124/2013 | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Co-living | |
| dc.subject | Housing affordability | |
| dc.subject | Community building | |
| dc.subject | Digital platform design | |
| dc.subject | Shared housing dynamics | |
| dc.subject | Urban housing challenges | |
| dc.subject | Social isolation | |
| dc.subject | Mental health | |
| dc.subject | Innovative co-living solutions | |
| dc.subject | Compatibility in shared living | |
| dc.subject | Digital housing platforms | |
| dc.subject | Community-building tools | |
| dc.subject | Sustainable urban living | |
| dc.subject | User-centric housing models. | |
| dc.title | Innovating urban co-living: a strategy to address housing affordability and social isolation boommate as a customer-centric approach to bridge the gap in comprehensive, socially impactful solutions to the urban housing crisis | eng |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| thesis.degree.name | A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Master’s degree in Impact Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the Nova School of Business and Economics |